Sep China Butadiene Operating Rate to Level Up
By the end of August, there are 39 butadiene producers included in the normal load calculation in China, with the total capacity of 5,896kt/a. The sample covers the capacity of 930kt/a, 405kt/a, 3,012kt/a, 790kt/a, 150kt/a, 369kt/a and 240kt/a, respectively in 7 producers in Northeast China, 3 producers in North China, 18 producers in East China, 5 producers in South China, 1 producer in Southwest China, 3 producers in Northwest China and 2 producers in Central China.
Remarks: In August, the 70kt/a butadiene unit at Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical and the 250kt/a butadiene unit at Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Phase III have been included in the operating rate calculation in early August and mid-August respectively.
In August, the operating rate of China’s butadiene industry was around 69.24%, down 2.45% from last month. According to SCI, the monthly output of butadiene was around 326.1kt in August. Within this month, the butadiene units at Shandong Yuhuang Chemical, Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical and Nanjing Chengzhi Yongqing Energy Technology continued to remain shut. Jiutai Energy Inner Mongolia shut down its butadiene unit in mid-August. Hengli Petrochemical took maintenance of its butadiene unit from early August to late August. Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical restarted its butadiene unit in late August. Sinopec Maoming Company briefly restarted its 50kt/a butadiene unit in late August and then shut it again. Other butadiene units didn’t see obvious changes.
Overall, the operating rate of China’s butadiene industry dwindled M-O-M. 740kt/a butadiene units were shut in August, and it was estimated that the output losses caused by maintenance reached around 50.3kt.
As seen from the above chart, the operating rate of units at most of China’s butadiene producers mainly remained flat in August, accounting for around 68% of the total and down 10% M-O-M. As for production technologies, the operating rate of butadiene units via butene ODH technology continued to pare down, and all butene ODH units were offline.
As seen from the butadiene units via C4 extraction technology, the operating rates of butadiene units at PetroChina Dushanzi Petrochemical, Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical, Sinopec Maoming Company, Liaoning Bora Petrochemical and Shandong Shouguang Luqing Petrochemical ramped up. However, the operating rates of butadiene units at Hengli Petrochemical, Jiutai Energy Inner Mongolia, Nanjing Chengzhi Yongqing Energy Technology, Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical, Shandong Wintter Chemical, PetroChina Liaoyang Petrochemical and Sinopec SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical leveled down. Overall, the supply of Chinese-made butadiene slide M-O-M.
In September, the butadiene units at Shandong Yuhuang Chemical, Nanjing Chengzhi Yongqing Energy Technology, Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical, Jiutai Energy Inner Mongolia and Sinopec Maoming Company (50kt/a) will continue to remain shut. Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Phase I will take brief maintenance. Gulei Petrochemical plans to take maintenance of its unit in H2 of September. The operating rate of the butadiene unit at Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical will continue to advance. Other butadiene units will not see obvious adjustments. The 50kt/a butadiene unit at Shandong Jinhai chemical is expected to conduct a trial run. Overall, the operating rate of China’s butadiene industry will continue to level up in September.
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